"You're yellow: through and through. "

"Paul Bryan" to "Angie Zeno" (Harold J. Stone) in: The "Season 1, Episode 8 The Savage Season (8 Nov. 1965)" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0691478/ See: http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/9149/Yellow-chicken-afraid#.VbaF3vlViko " My guess on "yellow" is that it comes from the sallowness which results from blood draining from the face, as might occur in a state of great fear. " & " According to Christine Ammer's excellent book on color terms, Seeing Red and Tickled Pink, yellow as a symbol of betrayal or heresy dates back to Biblical times, when Judas Iscariot was often portrayed in yellow garb symbolizing his betrayal of Jesus Christ."